The wonderful world of Captain Swan

with sam being introduced the ca:tws in 2014 and officially becoming captain america in a:endgame in 2019, he has been in the mcu, specifically, for 11 years and became captain america for 6 years of that.

s.coups said his solo song is about "surviving 10 years in this jungle-like industry" and being a carat for nearly 10 years as well, it reminded me how seventeen's journey just feels a bit like sam's. sam's resiliency and strength and perseverance he showed throughout his journey as well as the vulnerability and weakness he had shared, not to mention the empathy and kindness he had shown to everyone he has ever met and i think those are the qualities one needs to have in order to survive a "jungle-like industry"

i chose the pre-chorus and chorus part of the song which goes (translated):

i don't need respect, your and mine's lives are different

i don't need a friend, i hate this give and take

i need love, even if the mountains and rivers change, that will never do

i need fans, if i do, i go crazy, feels just right

fact, fact, fact, the living proof of this scene is me, check check

smack, smack, smack, mute the nonsense and give them a smack

fact, fact, fact, from the rock bottom to the air up top, check it

game, game, game, third generation that's still rising for the tenth year.

with the line "i dont need a friend, i hate this give and take", i showed walker and the scene where he said it'll be much easier for him to be captain america if he had sam and bucky, or as he called them, "cap's wingmen", by his side. this scene felt like a bad kind of give and take and frankly so insensitive of walker to say

with the line "i don't need respect, your and mine's lives are different", i showed president ross saying "you're not steve rogers" to sam because that scene felt like this line specifically. sam do respect ross as a president, he'd shown it through so many scenes, but at that scene, ross didn't really reciprocate the respect with the way he snarled at sam. but it's fine, because that attitude says more about ross than about sam, and most importantly sam and ross' (and john's) lives are different in every ways that matter.

with the line "i need fans, if i do, i go crazy, feels just right" i showed isaiah and sam's conversation where isaiah said "black captain america, huh?" and sam answered "damn right" which i love. the confidence sam had when he said "damn right" is so great to see. another scene i used was when the civilians cheered and rightfully called him captain america when he saved the truck full of important people from falling. that, to me, is much more important than politicians arguing and deciding who captain america is, it should be the people who's voice matters the most.

with the line "i need love, even if the mountains and rivers change, that will never do" i showed the scenes of sam bonding with the folks of delacroix and with the people he holds dear, his family, sarah, cass and aj, and bucky. because at the core of sam wilson, he is full of love and the most important thing for him is his family. everything in his life might change but his love for his family will never do.

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